Friday, and it's probably bedtime

[mousme]

This week was a bit of a wash. I tied myself into knots because I wasn't being as productive as I wanted, and that of course resulted in my doing even LESS because my brain is a ridiculous creature that responds to that sort of thing by shutting down and procrastinating. *sigh*

I am going to try to use this weekend to "reset" and try again. I have noticed a direct correlation between "unproductive" weekends and "unproductive weeks." If I don't get projects done on the weekend I get into an "I am a lazy, feckless bum," mindset, and it seems to just bleed right into my work week. So: change of thoughts (hopefully), which should lead to a change in actions, which should lead to a change in how my work week goes. 

I want to go to bed, but I'm also expecting a call from work. One of my employees called about an hour ago about a situation that's developing (nothing major) and I asked him to get me more information so that we could actually figure out what the fuck is going on. He hasn't called back yet, and I am not planning on staying up indefinitely waiting for this call. Worst case scenario I will get woken up, but since it's not urgent I am going on the assumption that the situation either resolved itself or is going to wait until tomorrow.

In other news, I have started watching the first episode of The Nevers, and I am hooked! I really hope it manages to keep up this momentum. It's not particularly diverse in terms of the casting so far, alas, but it has a nifty steampunky undertone to it, and the two main ladies are pretty kickass. I am intrigued to see where it goes!

Comments

[colestainedpage.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm happy to see that you like The Nevers so far. I told B that we should watch it but haven't pulled it up on demand yet.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I have since learned that it's executive produced by Joss Whedon, and therefore my enthusiasm has waned considerably. I feel weird about even indirectly supporting his stuff these days. IDK, it's all complicated. *sigh*

[colestainedpage.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I have no nice words to say about Whedon. He's left the show, though I don't know if that's enough to make it better.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I heard he left, too, so I am giving it another shot. I am especially interested to see what the sixth episode looks like, since apparently he left before that episode was written or filmed.

I am intrigued by the premise and do like the characters, although so far they have suffered from the same "Joss Whedon Writes Strong Women" problems that can be found in all of his work. I'm hoping new writers will allow these promising characters to truly blossom into something more three-dimensional.

[colestainedpage.livejournal.com]

We just watched the sixth episode and I can't tell if it really was different or if I just wanted it to be different, but I thought it was good. Although I was confused at first, I did like the way it was put together.